Fallschirm-Panzer-Division 'Hermann Göring'

A History of the Luftwaffe's Only Armoured Division, 1933-1945

Lawrence Paterson, Richard Overy

• Publisher: Greenhill Books
• Year: 2021
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9781784386139
• Subtopic: World War II
• Index: History

In the early years of the Third Reich, Hermann Göring, one of the most notorious leaders of the Third Reich, worked to establish his own personal army to rival Himmler’s SS and Reichswehr. The result: a private Prussian police force which grew into one of the most powerful armored units in Nazi Germany’s Wehrmacht. This unit fought throughout the Second World War, meeting Anglo-American forces in vicious battles across the European theatres of Tunisia, Sicily and Italy before finally being defeated by the Red Army on the Eastern Front. The Hermann Göring Panzer Division incorporates technical details of these battles with the turbulent politics and Machiavellian manoeuvring of Hitler’s inner circle, giving military-history enthusiasts fresh insights into the development and role of this unusual division through the war. Drawing on first-hand accounts and extensive archive material, World War II historian Lawrence Paterson presents a comprehensive and unbiased history of the establishment of the famous 1. Fallschirm-Panzer Division.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Book Title
• Copyrights
• Contents
• Plates
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Chapter One Police
• Chapter Two Early Successes in War
• Chapter Three Growing Pains
• Chapter Four Tunisia
• Chapter Six Sicily
• Chapter Seven Italy, 1943
• Chapter Eight Anzio
• Chapter Nine Rebuilding and Counter-Insurgency, Italy 1944
• Chapter Ten From South to East,and East to West
• Chapter Eleven Panzer Corps
• Chapter Twelve The End
• Appendix 1 Hermann Göring Cuff Titles
• Appendix 2 Knight’s Cross Recipients
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Glossary
• Index of Personalities
• Back Cover